toys r us
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Ollie's Bargain Outlet wins bids for two Maryland Toys R Us locations, in Glen Burnie and Hagerstown. - Hoopla Hooping proved to be a big hit at the Abingdon branch of the Harford County Public Library on Tuesday afternoon.
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- Amazon and L.L. Bean tied for best in consumer satisfaction during the holiday season, while Priceline.com came in last in an index released today. The ForeSee Experience Index (FXI): 2013 U.S. Retail Edition
- Furby is back on store shelves this holiday season, along with other toys that never left: Barbie, Legos and Elmo, to name a few. But, more than ever, tech-related playthings are elbowing their way onto the traditional toys' turf. iPads landed on the National Retail Federation's most popular toy list for the first time this year. Even the reintroduced Furby interacts with a mobile app.
- Cathi Mielke, a committed Black Friday shopper, got a slightly earlier start this year than in prior years.
- The traditional kickoff to holiday retail spending drew smaller than usual hordes of bargain hunters in the Baltimore area Friday, probably because earlier Thanksgiving sales and staggered "limited supply" discounts spread shoppers out.
- Experts predicted that 33 million Americans planned to go shopping on Thanksgiving Day, and Baltimore-area shoppers were no exception. Many Marylanders hit the stores in between Thanksgiving dinners and the nighttime Ravens-Steelers game.
- As most Americans doze off in front of the TV after a few too many helpings of turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving, some 20 million others will be heading out to work. Called on by their employers to work on the holiday, most feel they cannot say no — they need the money or fear reprisal.
- Shoppers have their lives mapped out for them more than ever before over Thanksgiving weekend, the traditional kickoff to the holiday selling season
- Toys R Us opens at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving, an hour before Walmart kicks off doorbuster sales
- The fifth annual Heather L. Hurd 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk will be held at Harford Community College Saturday, Nov. 9.
- Former Laurel High science teachers Alan and Lynn Goldstein found themselves vacationing with Michael Jackson when actor Macaulay Culkin, who knew the Goldstein's son, invited the King of Pop to accompany him on a Goldstein family vacation.
- A 64-year-old man was robbed and beaten with his own walking stick after a group of six teenagers and young men attacked him in a parking lot at the Glen Burnie Towne Center late Tuesday night, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Toys "R" Us, alleging the company broke the law when staff at its Columbia store refused to provide a sign-language interpreter for a job applicant who is deaf.
- One Bel Air couple spent New Year's Eve in the hospital for a very special event: their first baby, and the first baby in Harford County for 2013.
- Retailers striving to remain relevant are experimenting with new concepts at malls across the Baltimore region and elsewhere this holiday selling season. Specialty retailers are opening even more specialized stores, targeting specific segments of shoppers.
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- Harford reactions mixed to Black Friday early openings
- National survey says 247 million shoppers made the retail rounds in person and online during Black Friday weekend, an increase of 9.2 percent over last year.
- The all-important holiday season is looking brighter this year for area independent toy shops
- More and more, participants in the annual day-after-Thanksgiving ritual of mass shopping are — like Townes — starting the day of. Lines for break-of-dawn deals get going early. And many of the big retailers now kick off the sales Thursday night.
- Towson kicks off the holiday season with black
- Responding to consumer demand, retailers have pushed up store openings to the end of Thanksgiving dinner, started online price wars in November and replaced door buster opening events with waves of sales targeting different consumers.
- Organizations' wish lists for holiday season
- Target opens earliest ever for Black Friday, with 9 p.m. Thanksgiving start
- Two Maryland real estate firms have joined forces to purchase a 1 million square foot mall in Harrisburg, Pa., according to a statement Thursday from one of the firms.
- Lotte Plaza, an Asian market, will open a store this summer in the One Mile West Shopping Center in Catonsville in former Toys "R" Us space, the shopping center owner said Tuesday
- Lotte Plaza will open a 46,000 square foot store in the One West Shopping Center
- Representatives of two shopping centers along Baltimore National Pike note area's attraction to business.
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- This year, the packed-house madness of Black Friday was done well before dawn. With more and more stores opening at midnight and some starting hours earlier, thousands of Baltimore-area shoppers arrived — and left — in the wee hours.
- As shoppers find the best Black Friday deals and swipe their credit cards, The Sun shares their tales.
- Some of the nation's major chain stores opened late Thursday, competing for holiday shoppers to kick off a period that is crucial for the retail industry. After the crowds entered Toys "R" Us at 9 p.m., Walmart's Black Friday deals started at 10 p.m.
- Numerous shops at the Columbia mall will be opening up even earlier than usual on Black Friday, including 19 whose doors will open at the stroke of midnight.
- Consumers need to put the kibosh on the move toward starting Christmas sales on Thanksgiving day.
- Donate goods, money or time to local organizations and advocacy groups during the holiday season. Share your blessings with the less fortunate.
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- Lyric Opera Baltimore ready to take place of company that folded in 2009
